Sunday, October 5, 2008 was another
busy day at camp King’s Anvil.
Search and Rescue volunteers worked
the morning searching known trails and
layup areas for any individuals in
distress -none were found. MCDC SART
volunteers then spent the second half of
their day completing a two-day advanced
tactical training course that included
advanced first aid and triage treatment for
critically wounds. Much thanks and
appreciation to Jeff, a genuine
professional instructor, his donation of the
weekend survival self-defense and first-aid course
was a Patriotic contribution to community service and our public safety.
The advantage is ours; our teams are
better prepared for the more diverse
possibilities volunteers could be forced
to deal with. SART volunteers are better
trained to be more effective in
providing emergency response in life
saving rescue situations.
Daily scouting expeditions to the usual
areas of our operations continue to
yield very little evidence of any foot traffic -
bottom line – so far there is evidence
that few people are getting through the
3 line approach of Border Patrol. These days few IA’s
make it as far north of our location in
the Altar Valley . We will continue to
audit the security of as many areas as
possible over the next 25 days.
Sunday Night Shift-
Within 5 minutes of deploying our 5pm
to midnight shift, volunteers literally
stumbled upon a young woman hiding
in the bushes near one of our posts. The
volunteers showed concern and asked
in Spanish if she needed water or
medical attention; she did not respond
seeming not to understand English. She
then got up and moved away and
quickly met up with 3 other young
males hiding in the bushes nearby. The
group of four then moved to circumvent
our volunteers who had already
contacted Border Patrol for assistance.
The small group of four young very
suspicious IA’S then walked around and
between our volunteers who again
asked them if they needed assistance
and to inform them that we had
contacted Border Patrol.
In broken English the young woman
asked “Who are you? To which
volunteers replied that they were Minutemen. They
responded in broken English that they
wanted no help and ran past our
volunteers.
Border Patrol arrived 10 minutes later
and began tracking the group both
from the south and then sent agents to the north – we had
no confirmation if any of the four
were apprehended.
Earlier in the day two other individuals
were located standing on the side of
the road, having given up their travel to
ask for help, to which they were
afforded water, grapes and
Humanitarian support until Border Patrol
agents arrived to take the two into
custody.
The rest of the evening was uneventful
no individuals were sighted.
We are preparing to move operations
to two new areas – intel and
observation pay off as we suspect we
know where activity is picking up.
Sunday I also spent time working admin and camp
supervisor for the morning. I also made my
blog entry and spent much needed
time talking with volunteers. I left
operations at 2pm on Sunday and
returned home to catch up on other
projects like our rally and candidate
forum at the Des Moines,Iowa State
Capital this Saturday.
Tonight, Monday I attended our Phoenix Chapter
meeting of CCM, Coalition for a
Conservative Majority. Tonight’s guest
speaker is former House leader Tom
Delay. I encourage everyone to
research the organization and join or
start a chapter in your area.
WWW.CCMajority.org.
Want to have more fun in your spare
time? Try researching this site.
www.discoverthenetworks.org
I will return to the border on Wednesday
morning and will work through Friday
morning and then catch a flight to Iowa
for our Border Security Rally at the state
capital. While I am back on the border we will
work with a French TV
crew on Wednesday and on Friday we
meet with a college group studying the
border crisis.
Here’s another interesting educational
site – is this accurate?
www.ballotpedia.org
1 Comment
October 7, 2008 at 6:35 pm
I am a big supporter of all the hard work you do, and last year I became a Minuteman(woman). I am hoping so much to be able to come to the border, and reading about your daily encounters, it would seem, I would be able to help, or man phones….I am praying for you daily to continue your work and keep safe. Thank you, thank you, thank you for your sacrifice.